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- N.Y. man takes legal steps to prove mom wrote 'Footprints in the Sand' - Honolulu Advertiser
The single set of footprints in the sand — as millions of inspired souls now know — was that time when the Lord picked you up and carried you. It's a metaphor, people: He is there when you need Him most, and so is the ubiquitous poem known as ...
- 'Red Sugar,' by Jan Beatty (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh poet Jan Beatty is a blue-collar bard, noted for writing bluntly in passionate, sometimes raw language, of waitresses and junkies, miners and steelworkers, not to mention sex, drugs, ...
- Mysteries (Washington Post)
There's a lot of foreboding in Thomas H. Cook's new novel. Some afterboding, too: Parts of the story are told in flashbacks.
- The poet inspired by her disease - BBC News
BBC NewsThe poet inspired by her diseaseBBC News, UK - 17 hours agoHowever it has not stopped her being creative and Mrs Vibert, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, and her husband have launched their poetry anthology, Oops! ...
- Where have all the muses gone? - Guardian
GuardianWhere have all the muses gone?Guardian, UK - 1 hour agoSince 1984, I had always rather assumed that John Betjeman - whose enduring popularity is the subject of another post today - lived on only in his poetry. ...
- Poetry column: Honor fallen law enforcement officers - Evening Sun
If it weren't for mothers, the world would not lose its harsh edge. Moms have a way to soften the blow of human gales and the globe's disasters. They are the first defense we have, our protectors, our nurturers under the laws of nature. A blesséd ...
- Julian Sher, Jon Redfern among crime-writing award-winners (CBC)
Crime stories spanning subjects from a fictional murder in Victorian London to the real-life worldwide hunt for internet child predators were recognized at the 25th annual Arthur Ellis Awards gala Thursday evening.
- Listen online: The Point of Rescue - Sophie Hannah - yorkshirepost
SOPHIE Hannah proudly follows in the footsteps of Britain's greatest female crime writers. But while she happily extols the virtues of Agatha Christie, you'd be making a mistake if you assumed her characters were twin-setted old ladies who serve up ...
- Classical notes from a provocative pianist — Matthew Edwards plays ... - Pacifica Tribune
San Francisco Bay Area native Matthew Edwards will present a classical piano performance this Saturday at Pacifica Performances Sanchez Concert Hall. Many Pacificans know Edwards as the pianist for the San Francisco Symphony Chorus as well as pianist ...
- ANNA QUINDLEN - The warrior returns - Valley Breeze
ANNA QUINDLEN - The warrior returnsValley Breeze, RI - 21 hours agoFran is a yoga teacher who writes poetry and is opposed to the war in Iraq. Her son, Ben, is a West Point graduate and Green Beret who served two tours ...
- Floating Bridges - All About Jazz
Floating BridgesAll About Jazz, PA - 1 hour agoThe integration of the reading with the music is so seamless as to avoid comparison to most jazz/poetry collaborations. In all, a beautiful connection to ...
- At the altar of aurora - Nation
One line in a book, one little phrase, a word, a name can bring back memories, sweet and sad. Louis Aragon begins a poem with: Rien n'est jamais acquis a l'homme / Ni sa force/ Ni sa faiblesse ni son coeu… (Man can never possess anything, Neither ...
- Two gallery openings highlight monthly art walk - Press & Sun-Bulletin
Two gallery openings highlight monthly art walkPress & Sun-Bulletin, NY - 2 hours agoWhole In The Wall (43 S. Washington St.) -- "Heart and Hand Work, My Mother and Her Daughter," fiber, fabric and poetry by Brenda Cave James; through May 31 ...
- London: what kind of city do we want? - Spiked
London: what kind of city do we want?Spiked, UK - 1 hour ago... throughout the city presenting discoveries in the arts and sciences, from mathematical figures to poetry, to the arrangement of the Earth and stars. ...
- Debut novel shortlisted for Montana - Stuff
Mary McCallum is a finalist in the fiction category with her first book, The Blue . She is up against Laurence Fearnley, for Edwin & Matilda , Alice Tawhai, for Luminous , and Charlotte Grimshaw, for Opportunity . McCallum has been a broadcast ...
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